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scythe
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Word definitions for scythe in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scythe \Scythe\ (s[imac]th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s[=i eth]e, sig[eth]e; akin to Icel. sig[eth]r a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw .] [Written also sithe and sythe ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English siðe, sigði , from Proto-Germanic *segithoz (cognates: Middle Low German segede , Middle Dutch sichte , Old High German segensa , German Sense ), from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.)). The sc- spelling crept in early 15c., from influence ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A scythe ( or ) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops . It has largely been replaced by horse -drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia . The word "scythe" derives from Old English siðe ...
Usage examples of scythe.
Stripped and adust In a stubble of empire Scything and binding The full sheaves of sovereignty.
Stripped and adust In a stubble of empire, Scything and binding The full sheaves of sovranty: Thus, O, thus gloriously, Shall you fulfil yourselves!
It was the wooden plow, the scythe, the harrow, the amaranth seed that would make the real changes, that would allow piggy population to increase tenfold wherever they went.
And all the villagers were there, every male soul on the estate from Hob the austringer down to old Wat with no nose, all carrying spears or pitchforks or old scythe blades or stout poles.
She turned it over and saw the carving of a man with horns, holding a scythe in one hand and a framea in the other.
Song of Karos, the Great God of Scythe, Father of Tharn folk, Dweller in Darkness.
The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs, Losing both beauty and utility.
Milord Megrin, the churls from all the villages converged on the castle, scythes and flails in hand.
I have slid to a stop millimeters short of that death blow and now, as she pulls her right arm back in preparation to scythe me in two, I pivot on one foot and kick her in her flat chest with all the strength of my body.
The explosion tore the winning probe to bits, sending more metal scything in every direction, and the detonation and flying shrapnel ripped apart the wing of the accompanying probe, hurling it to the ground.
Time, too, though in moral sadness wisely called a shadow, has been clothed with terrific attributes, and the sweep of his scythe has shorn the towery diadem of cities.
Each farm had two or three vicious hounds set to go off at the merest sound, rushing barkless and low out of the dark shadows of roadside trees to rip at his legs with jaws like scythes.
Beyond the dying garden, the wood was so overgrown with vine and bramble that I would have needed a scythe to enter it.
The barrier was manned by a dozen field hands armed with staffs sharpened to a point, a single metal-tipped spear, shovels, and scythes.
When Tom untethered her, Andromeda pushed past him and walked the length of the scythe of fire.